New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volumen135Henry Colburn, 1865 |
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... replied , " You are right , humanity is an excellent thing , but let us cal- culate what your humanity will cost us ? " It was impossible to place the question of self - interest as opposed to humanity in clearer terms ; the latter ...
... replied , " You are right , humanity is an excellent thing , but let us cal- culate what your humanity will cost us ? " It was impossible to place the question of self - interest as opposed to humanity in clearer terms ; the latter ...
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... replied Agnes . " I know you are leading an exceedingly dull life here , one to which you can never be reconciled . I am very sorry that you are obliged by circumstances to bear it - for the present , at least . But you can go to this ...
... replied Agnes . " I know you are leading an exceedingly dull life here , one to which you can never be reconciled . I am very sorry that you are obliged by circumstances to bear it - for the present , at least . But you can go to this ...
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... replied : " Again I say , you have no right to complain . It is your own fault that the plans which were projected , when first you joined us , have not been carried out . You found unanimity and happiness here , you brought misery and ...
... replied : " Again I say , you have no right to complain . It is your own fault that the plans which were projected , when first you joined us , have not been carried out . You found unanimity and happiness here , you brought misery and ...
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... replied Madeleine , in a hesitating manner . " Oh ! some former lover , I suppose . I hope he is a discarded adorer , for I shall not feel inclined to yield my claims to his , whoever he may be . " Captain St. George's fine eyes flashed ...
... replied Madeleine , in a hesitating manner . " Oh ! some former lover , I suppose . I hope he is a discarded adorer , for I shall not feel inclined to yield my claims to his , whoever he may be . " Captain St. George's fine eyes flashed ...
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... replied Madeleine , colouring deeply . " The London doctors ordered her to spend some time there . " " I trust the change of climate had the desired effect , and that her health is quite restored ? " " No , she is still very delicate ...
... replied Madeleine , colouring deeply . " The London doctors ordered her to spend some time there . " " I trust the change of climate had the desired effect , and that her health is quite restored ? " " No , she is still very delicate ...
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Página 436 - O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises, 'midst the twilight path Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum...
Página 417 - For not to think of what I needs must feel, But to be still and patient, all I can; And haply by abstruse research to steal From my own nature all the natural man — This was my sole resource, my only plan: Till that which suits a part infects the whole, And now is almost grown the habit of my soul.
Página 412 - ... us maun to our wark again, if our hearts were beating as hard as my hammer.
Página 290 - ... so much business in so short a time. Besides this body of regular troops, there are stragglers, who, without being duly listed and enrolled, do infinite mischief to those who are so unlucky as to fall into their hands.
Página 420 - To withdraw myself from myself (oh. that cursed selfishness !) has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all ; and publishing is also the continuance of the same object, by the action it affords to the mind, which else recoils upon itself.
Página 163 - And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
Página 161 - Like leviathans afloat Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime, As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene, And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. "Hearts of oak!
Página 440 - In the character of his Elegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader; for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the dogmatism of learning, must be finally decided all claim to poetical honours.
Página 166 - This tremendous explosion was followed by a silence not less awful : the firing immediately ceased on both sides ; and the first sound which broke the silence was the dash of her shattered masts and yards falling into the water from the vast height to which they had been exploded.
Página 432 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it, then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.